A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China

Zhiqiang Fang; Wenqian Hu; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; Koorosh McCormack; Chang Ti Tang; Ying Zhu; György Csóka; Jack Hearn; Frazer H. Sinclair; Kangshan Mao; Graham N. Stone; Y. Miles Zhang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.4

A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China

Zhiqiang Fang
, Wenqian Hu
, José Luis Nieves-Aldrey
, Koorosh McCormack
, Chang Ti Tang
, Ying Zhu
, György Csóka
, Jack Hearn
, Frazer H. Sinclair
, Kangshan Mao
, Graham N. Stone^*
, Y. Miles Zhang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We describe a new species of gall wasp associated with Rubus lambertianus Ser. in Sichuan, China: Diastrophus emeiensis Hu, Nieves-Aldrey, Zhang & Fang sp. nov. (Cynipidae: Diastrophini) based on morphological and molecular data. This is the first Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 species recorded from mainland China, and is recovered as the sister group to the rest of Diastrophus based on our phylogenetic analysis. The diagnosis, distribution, and biology of D. emeiensis is provided, along with a brief discussion of the evolutionary history of Diastrophus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	524-536
Number of pages	13
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5693
Issue number	4
Early online date	19 Sept 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.4
Publication status	First published - 19 Sept 2025

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Keywords

bramble
Diastrophini
Emei
Rosaceae
Rubus
Body Size
Wasps/classification
Organ Size
Male
Animal Distribution
Phylogeny
Animals
China
Animal Structures/anatomy & histology
Female

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A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China

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